Melbourne Detention Centre Disturbance

Three teenagers were injured and taken to hospital following disturbances at the Serco-run Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation Facility on 14th of May 2010.

The detention centre, part of an overstretched Australian detention estate, currently holds nearly 50 young Afghan men in :: overcrowded conditions with little access to recreation activities. The Asylum Seeker Resource Centre have also claimed that :: poor management of the facility by Serco, who run all the country's detention centres on behalf of the Australian government.